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Woman Who Had 10 Strokes in a Week Struggled to Get Bed for Brain Surgery Amid COVID Surge

Since the condition is so rare, Houser needed to be cared for by a neurosurgeon who was at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After about a week and a half in the intensive care unit at St. Vincent’s, Houser was still unable to be transferred because there were no open beds at UW Madison for her.